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y L BAUR l RIDING SADDLE SAFETY ATTACHMENT. No. 558,029.

ANDREW BGRAHM. PHOTG'UTHKIWASMNGTOMD C UNITED STATES 4.frlriwr OFFICE..

LEW'IS BAUR, OF BERNE, SWITZERLAND.

RIDING-SADDLE SAFETY ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,029, dated April 14, 1896. Application filed September 3, 1895. Serial No. 561,306. (No model.) VPatented in Switzerland December 26,1894, No. 9,524.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, LEWIS BAUR, a citizen of Switzerland, and a resident of Berne, Switzerland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Riding-Saddle Safety Attachments, (forwhich I have obtained a Swiss patent, No. 9,524, bearing date December 26, l 894,) of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention isto provide a simple, safe, and inexpensive device to be used by horseback-riders, either gentlemen or ladies, to prevent accidents by the falling of the horse or by being thrown therefrom in any way, provision also being made to allow the rider to free him or her self from the saddle with the greatest ease whenever it is so desired.

The invention consists, primarily, in a studbutton, secured to the side llap of the saddle a little below that part of it where the knee of the rider presses, and also in securing either directly to the garment covering the leg or to a strap attachable thereto an eyelet or snap-eye which will engage with the head of the stud, and which may be easily attached thereto by a simple movement, and which by a second movement, hereinafter explained, may with equal readiness be detached therefrom.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure l is a side elevation of a riding-saddle, showing the location of the stud attachment thereto. Figs. 2 and 3, respectively, are enlarged sectional elevations of two forms of stud attachments secured in different ways to the saddle-flap. Fig. 4 represents that part of a mans leg at and below the knee in position in a stirrup and showing the location of the open eye or eyelet; Fig. 5, an enlarged sectional elevation of a garment or leg-covering for riders, fitted with the preferred form of eyelet. Figs. G and 7 are outline representations or side elevations of a female figure in` the position of riding, viewed, respectively, from the outside and from the inside and showing the strap attachment to which the eyelet is secured; and Figs. S and 9, respectively, are plans in detail of the belt and leg-strap for holding the eyelet, and which make secure connection g between the stud upon the saddle and the leg and body of the rider.

-which latter is securely The stud a, attached to the flap of the riding-saddle A, is preferably formed and attached thereto as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

In Fig. 2 the head b and shank c of the stud a has a base d and screw-bolt e, which latter passes through the saddle-flap Aland through an inside bearing-plate g, the end of said bolt being fitted with a nut f to screw tightly up against the plate g, and thus hold the stud securely to the saddle-Hap.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings the stud a has a head b, shank c', and extended base-plate d", riveted to the side ap A of the saddle and will hold the stud equally well upon the saddle-flap, but will be somewhat more conspicuous.

The iidingbreeches, top boots, leggings, or garnishes of a mans riding-habit have upon the inside of the leg 7c, slightly below the knee, a stud-eye or spring open eye h, preferably of thin sheet metal sufficiently elastic to spring over the head b of the stud a, and is backed upon the inside by a thickness of cloth, felt, or leather m, thinned down to the outer edge and perforated at m opposite the eyelet h and of somewhat larger diameter, to receive the headb of the stud a, and an inside cover n, fitting over the thickness m and stitched down around the same, will provide a simple, strong, and effective means of attachment of the rider to the stud and to the saddle, the garmentc being reinforced by the cover n to prevent the studeye and its surrounding material from being weakened by the greater strain brought upon it when in use. When, however, a child or woman is to be provided with this saddle-attaching device, it has been found safer and more effective to attach the stud-eye h to the middle portion of a leg-strap'p, one end p/ of which has a split portion p2 near the stud-eye to encircle the leg directly below the knee and extend up the leg, upon the outside thereof, and be attached to a buckle fr upon a belt r', secured around the waist. The opposite end of the strap p has double buckles p3 near the studeye, and its extreme end is split, and the short straps p4 thereof, in opposite directions around the ankle, respectively above the instep and above the heel, are secured to the buckles p3 at the middle portion of the strap. The studeye 7L is preferably guarded, as shown in Figs.

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4 and 5, by a Haring guide-strip, of metal, leather, or other suitable material, Which will shoot or direct the stud to the stud-eye and admit of its more easy attachment.

When the rider is in the saddle and is connected therewith by the attachment, the leg is pressed closely against the side ap of the saddle and the rider is held securely thereby and prevented from being thrown from the horse When stumbling, balking, or backing, and When the rider desires to disen gage therefrom the foot and stirrup are pressed in and the knee is pushed straight out from the saddle-iiap, thus immediately freeing or pulling out the stud from the stud-eye.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my device, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. An improved device for attaching arider to the saddle comprising a stud secured to the saddle-flap, and a stud-eye secured to the leg of the rider near the knee, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A device for attaching a rider to the saddle comprising a strap provided at its middle portion with aknee-band, a stud-eye and buckles, adapted to be attached at one end to a girth or waistband around the body, and at the other end to be secured around the lower part of the leg by the said buckles, substantially as described.

3. A device for attaching a rider to the saddle comprising a stud secured to the saddleiiap, a stud-eye secured to the leg of the rider and deflecting guide-strips secured also to the leg of the rider adjacent to the stud-eye, substantially as described.

LEWIS BAUR.

lVitnesses z A. BREGUET, MTZENBERG RUD. 

